Sohmor
Sohmor
سحمر | |
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Town | |
  Sohmor Location in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°31′7″N 35°41′8″E / 33.51861°N 35.68556°E | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Beqaa Governorate |
| District | Western Beqaa District |
Sohmor (Levantine Arabic: سحمر, romanized: Soḥmor) is a small town in the Beka'a Valley of Lebanon, situated in the Western Beqaa District and south of the Beqaa Governorate. It lies south of Lake Qaraoun on the Litani River.[1] It lies southeast of Machgara, northeast of Ain Et Tine, north of Yohmor, west of Mazret Al Chmis and northwest of Libbaya.
History
[edit]In 1838, Eli Smith noted Sahmur as a village on the West side of the Beqaa Valley, north of Yohmor inhabited by Metawileh.[2] It is a Shiite village.[3]
It was the site of the 1984 Sohmor massacre committed by Druze members of the South Lebanon Army, backed by the Israel Defense Forces.[4][5]
Geography
[edit]lies at an elevation of 839m above sea level in the western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Government, south of Lake Qaraoun on the Litani River.[1] The town is situated approximately 89 km southeast of Beirut, 49 km from Zahlé, the governorate's administrative center, nd 20 km from Jib Jannine, the district's administrative center.[1]
Demographics
[edit]According to Lebanon's 2014 Ministry of Interior electoral register, Sohmor had 3,824 registered voters, comprising 1,914 women and 1,910 men.[6][7] The rolls recorded 288 distinct family surnames among 3,817 individual voter entries.[3] The town's population is predominantly Shia Muslim.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 /staff.aub.edu.lb
- ↑ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 141
- 1 2 3 "التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة سحمر، قضاء البقاع الغربي محافظة البقاع في لبنان". إعْرَفْ لبنان. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
- ↑ Keesing's contemporary archives. Keesing's Limited. 1985. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- ↑ "15 LEBANESEDRUSE HELD IN REVENGE KILLINGS". New York Times. AP. 22 Sep 1984. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ↑ "معلومات عن بلدة سحمر - Sohmor، قضاء البقاع الغربي في محافظة البقاع، حسب لوائح الناخبين الرسمية الصادرة عن وزارة الداخلية اللبنانية لسنة ٢٠١٤". إعْرَفْ لبنان. Retrieved 2026-08-27.
- ↑ "معلومات عن بلدة سحمر - Sohmor، قضاء البقاع الغربي في محافظة البقاع، حسب لوائح الناخبين الرسمية الصادرة عن وزارة الداخلية اللبنانية لسنة ٢٠١٤". إعْرَفْ لبنان. Retrieved 2026-08-27.
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